After weeks of pressure from our union and community supporters, Mayor Bowser has made free COVID19 testing available to grocery workers who live or work in Washington, DC. Under the mayor’s order, “critical infrastructure workers (includes grocery store workers,...
For weeks, Local 400 has urged the governors of all states in our jurisdiction, as well as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, to designate our members as “first responders,” a move that would provide priority Coronavirus testing and free child care. Now, Giant and Safeway are...
Unilever recently implemented COVID-19 health screenings of all employees entering its Lipton facility in Suffolk, Virginia. The screenings meant additional unpaid time spent at work waiting in line for the screening. But after the union filed a grievance to object to...
